And Here It Is!!

The Toy Elephant...

...is almost finished, I just need to sew up the feet and add some buttons for eyes.

I'll post a pic when it's done but I have to tell you that it currently looks as though it's had really bad surgery on it's trunk and the legs won't stay straight so he looks as though he's collapsed onto his stomach in an elephant drinking binge.

On a separate note...Ouch!! I've lost 1 follower :(

The Festive Season

So December is upon us already!! It's only 24 days until Christmas and I've surprised myself by completing almost all of my Christmas shopping. I braved the madness of Oxford Street and got a heck of a lot done, not forgetting to make a lot of stops for hot drinks in between :) 

I have a challenge for anyone who reads this blog you!! 

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to MAKE a gift for someone this year. I'm trying to make felt toy elephants for the various small children in my family or friendship circles because I think they're they toys that mean the most and will hopefully last a lifetime (depending on my craftsmanship!)

If you feel like sending a photo of your handmade gifts that would be brilliant. Maybe I'll make a post dedicated to them entirely; I can't give you a prize for the best one but I can make a certificate saying that your gift is awesome. How about that?

I better get back to the toy elephants, those bad boys aren't going to sew themselves :D

Me

My Blog Sucks

It's official: my blog sucks.

That's mostly because there's hardly any content to it and also mostly because I can't think of anything to write at the moment because my brain feels like this:





One story I can pluck from the brain scramble is that R and I made a "Hap-Pie" from scratch last night. For those of you who don't know, a Hap-Pie is a pie with a smiley face made out of left over pastry on top. Obviously...

Change

This post now resembles nothing like it did ten minutes ago!! First of all, the words are different.

This is my fourth attempt at writing something about change but it keeps coming out wrong. It was supposed to be a good post about adapting to change and how hard it can be but it turned into me feeling sorry for myself which, if we were watching the Eurovision Song Contest would score me nil points (FYI I have just seen the best spelling for "nil points" on the internet... "Nil pwa" I give un point for imagination!!)

What was the point of this post? Oh yeah, change.

I'll come back to it, now is obviously not optimum post thinking time. Any suggestions on change are more than welcome!!

Thanks an' all, but...

Brain, I understand you're trying to help me by injecting more hormones into my body when I feel happy because you think the chemical balance is wrong but hey! Would you mind not doing that so much because now you've put me on an unjustified downer and that ain't no fun. I was enjoying that carefree feeling last week; I would understand if something negative had happened thus making me feel depressed but no, nada, nothing.

Don't forget you're in my skull therefore you belong to me and you should do what I say. I don't want to have to stage a strike ok, that's no good for anyone.

A Few of My Favourite Things

In no particular order...

[ Crisp and sunny Autumn mornings.

[ My boyfriend when he's being all cute and sleepy.

[ Dark chocolate.

[ My friend's little girl who has just learnt how to walk and has now started to climb up on their coffee table unaided... Uh oh!!

[ My cousin's little girl asking me to read to her...constantly... And accidentally calling me "Uncle" Jackie. The innocence of youth!

[ Yoga, especially brahmari breath and dharunasana though not necessarily together.

[ Unplanned days out to London markets with my boyfriend and his friends which turn out to be so much fun and etched in my memory forever.

[ My northern best friend's northern accent "Hiyyyaaaa, wot yooouuuu oop toooo?"

[ My southern best friend expecting a baby!

[ Moving to new places.

Sometimes it's important to stop and appreciate the things that make you happy. It's too easy to think about the things that don't.